--- title: Judges 13:23 (JPS 1917) — But his wife said unto him: 'If the LORD were pleased to kill us, He… · tree and pragmatics description: But his wife said unto him: 'If the LORD were pleased to kill us, He would not have received a burnt-offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would He have shown us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.' Who acts: wife, LORD. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wife, LORD), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:JDG:421 # text = But his wife said unto him: 'If the LORD were pleased to kill us, He would not have received a burnt-offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would He have shown us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.' 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 9 If if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 advcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 18 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 21 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux _ _ 22 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 burnt burn NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ _ 26 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ _ 31 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 40 cc _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux _ _ 40 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 41 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 43 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 46 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 52 cc _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 51 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 aux _ _ 52 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 conj _ _ 53 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ _ 55 as as ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 52 obl _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 58 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | LORD's wife | | | | | unto LORD | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the LORD | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **kill** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | us | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 4 | **not** **receive** | would · perfect | LORD | a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 5 | **show** | would · perfect | LORD | all things | us | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient thing=Topic | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | would · perfect | LORD *not said here* | such things | | | time | as these | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וַתֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ לוּ֩ חָפֵ֨ץ יְהוָ֤ה לַהֲמִיתֵ֙נוּ֙ לֹֽא־לָקַ֤ח מִיָּדֵ֙נוּ֙ עֹלָ֣ה וּמִנְחָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א הֶרְאָ֖נוּ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְכָעֵ֕ת לֹ֥א הִשְׁמִיעָ֖נוּ כָּזֹֽאת׃ [Judges 13:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.13.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:421` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Judges 13:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.420/) - next →: [Judges 13:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.422/) - ↑ back to [Judges 13:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.13.23/)